2020 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 12
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Problem
For a positive integer , the factorial notation represents the product of the integers from to . What value of satisfies the following equation?
Solution 1
We have , and . Therefore the equation becomes , and so . Cancelling the s, it is clear that .
Solution 2 (variant of Solution 1)
Since , we obtain , which becomes and thus . We therefore deduce .
Solution 3 (using answer choices and elimination)
We can see that the answers to contain a factor of , but there is no such factor of in . The factor 11 is in every answer choice after , so four of the possible answers are eliminated. Therefore, the answer must be . ~edited by HW73
Solution 4
We notice that
We know that so we have
Isolating we have
~mathboy282
Video Solution by North America Math Contest Go Go Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYs1-Nbr0Ec
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Video Solution by WhyMath
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Video Solution
Video Solution by Interstigation
https://youtu.be/YnwkBZTv5Fw?t=504
~Interstigation
See also
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